Why it matters
A stone dolmen lies on a snowy hilltop between three wind-bent oaks, two with broken tops, giving the scene a haunted, melancholy mood. It is probably one of Friedrich's first oil paintings.
Did you know?
- It was probably painted around 1807.
- The dolmen is based on a Neolithic grave near Gützkow, destroyed before 1818.
- It has been in Dresden since 1905.
Based on the Wikipedia article Cairn in Snow (CC BY-SA 4.0).
